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RE: OT : Can anyone recommend a real good flat-bed scanner?
Subject:RE: OT : Can anyone recommend a real good flat-bed scanner? From:Suzette Seveny <sseveny -at- petvalu -dot- com> To:"'Nickell Traduction'" <nickelltrad -at- autoroute -dot- net>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 17 Feb 2000 09:59:13 -0500
On Thursday, February 17, 2000 8:09 PM, Nickell Traduction
[SMTP:nickelltrad -at- autoroute -dot- net] wrote:
> I am looking for a good flat-bed scanner. I've been told that the quality
> is not so much due to the scanner, but also the software that comes with it.
>
That is absolutely true. The quality of the scanner has the most effect on
graphics. You need software with OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
capability. I recommend Xerox' Textbridge or Caere Omnipage. Textbridge is my
first choice.
Suzette Seveny
Markham, Ontario, Canada
sseveny -at- petvalu -dot- com or suzette -at- yesic -dot- com
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